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Genesis 2:1 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verse 1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.Genesis 2:1 · King James Version
Genesis 2:1 in context
1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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Key words (Strong's)
- finishedkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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We have here, I. The settlement of the kingdom of nature, in God's resting from the work of creation, Gen 2:1, Gen 2:2. Here observe, 1. The creatures made both in heaven and earth are the hosts or armies of them, which denotes them to be numerous, but marshalled, disciplined, and under command.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3